My Beautiful...
If ever there were a luckier man, than I
There will days..
such as this...
tears fall like rain..
and cloud your vision..
letter's cease to form words..
words that could never
adequately express....
and everything else
will matter not
only that you have loved
and been loved by another..
it is in this way
that I will hold you
close to my heart..
Until the other end of time....
My best friend and the most beautiful woman in the world to me....and one of the finest, honest, human beings I have ever known...
So it is with sadness that I am writing to let you know, if no one else has already that Cynthia Starr Hunter-Hutchinson passed away April 16th, 2015 from brain cancer.. I was fortunate to have accompanied Cyndy to the reunion last year and met many of you. Cyndy and I, but especially Cyndy had a truly wonderful night and the love that was shown to her by t all of you (and especially her two best friends who sat at the table with us ...so sorry I don't recall your names, but her swim team partner was one, and another...please forgive me) was amazing...Thank you from the bottom of my heart...and for Cyndy.....
~Randy Andrew Osenbaugh

Sorry I won't be able to make it to the reunion this year due to current medical recovery. Hope everyone has a great time and wish I was there. Wishing everyone the best and look forward to seeing everyone in the future.

Just a note to to send my regrets to the reunion committee and all attending our 45th HS Reunion next week-end. So sorry I will miss seeing everyone at BobbyT's. Have a great time together. Safe travels to all making the trip to Manhattan Columbus Day week-end.
Best,
Kris Nevins

Hey Y'all. Looking forward to seeing everyone in October for the 45th. I have many fond memories of Manhattan and all our classmates at MHS. Thank you to all who worked so hard putting the website and functions together!!
Stephen Vancura
Salado, Texassvancura@embarqmail.com

Amazing site! What a lot of skill and talent! Thanks for all your hard work! Haven't made it to the reunions...but do get to Manhattan two - three times a week - to Meadowlark Hills for my folks. Seeing the reunion pictures brought back some great memories. Peace,Brenda

I know you are out there...how many of you are on Facebook..there's a group of us from our class. I personally had a great time at the reunion! It was so good to see all of you that attended and look forward to seeing the rest of you at the next one.

I finally checked out this web site today. I keep reminding George that this reunion is coming up soon and we need to register. When I clicked on the Lost Classmates page I saw there was a Joe Sutterlin listed. Oh my, there are two of them!!!!! That explains alot of the last 30 years. I wonder which one will show up at the reunion?
We look forward to seeing everyone on the 9th and 10th.
George & Mary Sutterlin (Feroli)

I am so sorry we won't be able to make this reunion- but- it will be a priority the next time around!! I am living in the St. Louis area and I was thrilled that one of our classmates got in touch with me after visiting the website!! The committee did a fantastic job of putting this all together and I'm sure you will all have a great time this weekend! Do drop me a line if you are passing through the area or live nearby!
Enjoy the weekend!
Cindy

I finally got registered to attend the reunion. It's pretty easy to put it off when you live right in Manhattan and actually work in the school district! I didn't make it to the 35th one- so I am looking forward to seeing everyone again.

One of the memories, there was one guy I considered the first "long-haired Hippie", he came back from Californa with a "hippie" chick and another lady that was from New Jersey that went to VET school at KS. The hippie chick always wore "patchouli" you could always tell that she had walked through Aggielville. About 4 years ago I switched from using alcohol based products to oil's and the one that suited me was "Patchouli", now everyone knows me due to my smell. Now does anyone remmeber who the long hair was???

I have been called alot of things, but BUNS was not one. I am not even sure that I remember how that person got that name other then he had a big butt. I have been called CRAZY, not sure if that was my nickname or not. Hopefully I will be there Saturday, My job now is doing SATOP groups on the weekends and during the week. These are programs for people that have gotten DWI's and business is good. Love this job, collected lots of Drunk Driving stories some are great. Talked Joe Sumner into coming, he retired from the US dept. of Forest he was a special investigater, has a website check out his pictures at www.jlsumner.com. Great stuff.

I am very impressed with the website and all the work that you have put into it--especially K.Z. :) My husband and I made it to the 30 year reunion and will be there with bells on for this one. See you all on Saturday, Oct. 10.
Glad that you're coming "Buns." Let me make an educated guess--Nick Penland?

I just turned 58, and I have no idea where the time has gone. I don't feel a day over 57.

Not able to attend this year, but have attended several times in the past. It has been alot of fun.

Thanks to everyone involved for putting the Reunions together and the work involved on the website. It is greatly appreciated.

Very profound statement, Rita. You hit the nail on the head.

Craig Wohler
Prairie Village, Kansas

BunsThursday, September 24, 2009

Buns here,

"Why's everybody always pickin on me"

I will be there and on my best behavior. I am looking forward to seeing all of you !!
Even Randy Henton !!

My 14 year old son caught me replying to this and had never heard about the Buns name. I told him where it started and all the modifications that came over the years. So now I may have to silence him !!

Gonna be some fun. [the party too]

Enjoyed Randy's daughter's comments. Daughters are so sweet. They know their Dad is a stud.

I regret that I will not be able to attend the reunion.Los Carnales is headlining a festival here in St.Louis that weekend and then we head over the pond for a few days to perform.Hope you all have a great time......

Living in Atlanta since 82', haven't been "home" since 88'......booked my flight last summer. I can't wait to see anyone and everyone from the good ol' days. Told Ambrose, sorry I don't play guitar, but whatever get's up on that stage will be awesome, I am sure.

Also, a ton of kudos to all that have put so much time and effort into putting this together.....what an effort! I know we all appreciate it more than you know.

Too many we will be missing that cannot show up.....all gone too early.

I think I am going to be really jealous of all of you that have retired already. But it won't keep me away! Didn't we all have issues in high school? That is not an excuse to reconnect with classmates.

(1) I'll see David Bailey's bishop's bread, and raise him Manhattan school system pizza, whole wheat rolls, and peanut butter on celery stalks (hold the celery). (2) Before you call the "missing classmates" bureau to search for Mike Hoover you may want to check a Manhattan phone directory. (3) Rita Goldberger's comments on the tormentors and tormentees (who were the same people with some honorable exceptions) are well taken. (4) Jon Faubion ("If I had known how much fun it is getting old, I would have started sooner") vs. William Wordsworth-Ode on Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood-("What though the radiance which once was so bright-Be now forever taken from my sight-Though nothing can bring back the hour-Of splendor in the grass, of glory in the flower-We will grieve not, rather find-Strength in what remains behind.") Jon Faubion-hands down. Mr. Wordsworth was too overwraught. (5) Many thanks to the committee-we'll see you there.

Looking forward to seeing everybody again. Don't get up to Kansas much any more. LOVE TEXASPutting our house back together since Hurricane Ike. We had a tree go through our house. Enjoying my two grandsons. Again can't to have fun and see everybody. Can't believe it is our 40th. Time really goes by fast.

Just wanted to check out the new web page. It looks great and really appreciate the efforts of everyone on the committee. I am still planning to be at the reunion in October, so look forward to seeing everyone then. Take care.

It's only been five years sence the last reunion.I had so much fun at the thirty-fifth but it don't seem that forty years has gone by.I made a big step in my life on Jan-1-2009 I retired from the City of Olathe Ks.and moved back to Manhattan. Pansy is going to work two more years and then she will retire to.It will be good to see avery one.

Just visiting! I'm the daughter of Randy Henton and Cathy Livergood. I was exploring my Dad's old yearbook, going through and asking him about all the girls to see if he dated them. He brought me to this website to show me the people who have passed. Just wanted to say hello to everyone!

I hope everyone comes to this reunion. The committee worked very hard to change to date to early fall, when the weather is beautiful, and not too hot to travel.
One other thing -- silly things keep people from coming, like they don't like how much they weigh (that would be me!), or they don't think they have a prestigious enough job, or they don't have a job at all, etc. I think that now we are pushing 60, those things are irrelevant to most of us. If we're still alive and kicking -- or if we're just alive and in a wheel chair -- that's cause for celebration, and we should all get together and celebrate our victories and defeats, and joys and sorrows.
And one more thing: if you haven't come to the reunions because you were miserable in high school and thought everyone hated you (that would also be me!), then come and be surprised at how many other people felt the same way. Time is a great equalizer, and you'll find the people who were the coolest in high school chatting amiably with people they used to torment. We have all grown up, and if you are carrying around bad feelings about those times, come and have them purged.
You will leave the reunion happy.